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30 Nov 2023
Surgeons have warned that stubbornly high waiting times are deepening Northern Ireland’s health inequalities. New figures released today show growth in Northern Ireland’s hospital waiting times show no sign of dramatically slowing down.
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23 Nov 2023
Surgeons have warned that winter pressures will place staff under substantial pressure across the healthcare system after figures released by Stats Wales today showed hospital waiting lists continue to rise in Wales, reaching 761,111 in September 2023.
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21 Nov 2023
Professor Vivien Lees, Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Ms Tamzin Cuming, Chair of the Women in Surgery Forum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and co-author of the Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery report ‘Breaking the Silence: Addressing Sexual Misconduct in Healthcare’ respond to Surviving in Scrubs' report.
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13 Nov 2023
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09 Nov 2023
Surgeons warn that the NHS backlog will not be cleared without more staff, operating theatres and surgical beds. As we enter winter, patients left to wait months and months for treatment may see their health deteriorate further, as a result of NHS waiting lists rising again.
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30 Oct 2023
With Halloween fast approaching, dental surgeons have warned parents and guardians how the excessive confectionery gathered during trick-or-treating puts their children’s teeth at risk.
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27 Oct 2023
Mr Tim Mitchell, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, has responded to Health Foundation analysis, which shows NHS waiting lists could rise to over 8 million by summer 2024,
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19 Oct 2023
Surgeons have urged the Welsh government to roll out a long-term approach to tackling the increase in waiting times after newly released data showed NHS waiting lists in Wales jumped again to 760,285 in August 2023.
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12 Oct 2023
Surgeons are warning again, in the run up to winter, that patients left to wait months and months for treatment may see their health deteriorate further, as a result of NHS waiting lists rising again.
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10 Oct 2023
Mr Niall McGonigle, Northern Ireland Director of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, has welcomed a new report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office on waiting lists.
